Whitson Gordon

Chrome users have previously enabled experimental features (like moving tabs to the side) by manually adding flags to their Chrome shortcut. Now, dev build users can enable them from the new about:labs page.

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If you're running the dev build but still itching to try even more experimental (and possibly buggier) features, just type in about:labs in Chrome's address bar to see a list of experimental features available in the build. Currently, the list only has one feature: either Tabs on the Left if you're on Windows, or Tab Overview (an Exposé-like gesture that shows your open tabs) if you're on a Mac. We don't know if the lists are likely to get longer, since Google's updating Chrome every six weeks, but it's nice to have if you don't feel like manually typing in commands. The feature's been available for a while in the nightly builds, but it's good to see it make its way into the dev channel. Thanks, Dodge!